Cooking vessel.



No. 802,220. PATENTED OCT. 17, 1905. G. W. KNAPP.

COOKING VESSEL.

APPLICATION FILED 141111.27, 1905.

Wit mum TTEU STATFE OFFITJE.

ENAMELING AND STAMPING COMPANY,

JERSEY.

A CORPORATION OF NEW COOKING VE$$EL Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 1'7, 1905.

Application filed March 27, 1905. Serial No. 262,121.

To ttZZ "LU/b07771 may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. KNA1 r,a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cooking Vessels, of which the following is a specificw tion.

This invention relates to cooking vessels, such as saucepans, stew-pans, preserving-kettles, and the like, which have bails.

An object of the invention is to provide a bail cooking vessel with means to prevent the bail from fully dropping onto the top edge of the wall of the vessel, whereby when the vessel is on a hot stove the vessel itself will not heat the bail by direct conduction.

Another object is to provide means that will prevent loose cover from slipping forward when the vessel is tilted.

Another object is to provide a stop against which the bail will impinge when the bail is tilted a little from an upright position, such stop holding the bail upright, such stop also facilitating the tilting of the vessel.

To accomplish these objects with one bail, an improved bail-ear is provided.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a side view of a vessel having the improvements and shown in a tilted position. Fig. 2 is a top view of the vessel, showing the bail in an upright position. Fig. 3 is a perspective view, on a larger scale, of a piece of the vessel with one bail-ear attached. Fig. A is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing a slight modification in the form of the stop.

The vessel A has a lip b and an ordinary loose metal cover 0. At the diametrically opposite side from the lip the vessel is provided with a rigid handle 0?.

The improved bail-ears each have a hole a, in which the book ends 7" of the bail g are engaged. At one side the ear has a lateral vents the bail from contacting with the top edge of the wall of the vessel. It will be understood, therefore, that when the vessel is on a hot stove the vessel itself will not heat the bail by direct conduction. The lateral part it of the lugs also take over the cover 0, and the diameter of the cover is slightly greater than the distance between the forward ends of the vertical parts it of the two lugs, and this prevents the cover from falling oil or slipping forward when the vessel is tilted.

It will be observed that the lateral lug it has position approximately on a level with or on a horizontal plane even with the hole a and is at that side of ear nearest the lip 7). The car has at its opposite side, but higher than the hole a, a stop-tangy, which in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 is bent inward. hen the bail is in an upright position and tilted a little, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, it will impinge against the stop-tang j and thereby will be sustained. It will also be seen by reference to Fig. 1 that when the vessel is tilted to pour out its liquid contents the bail will be held rigidly, and thus facilitate the operation.

The modification shown in Fig. A consists simply in having the stop-tang project upward instead of being bent inward, as in the other figures. Either form will serve a stop against which the bail may impinge.

Having thus fully described my invention, what ll claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A cooking vessel having a single bail, and ears to which the bail is hooked, said ears provided at one side with a lug having a vertical part, it, and a lateral part, it, which projects inwardly over the rim edge of the vessel and provided at the opposite side with a stop-tang higher than said lug.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. GEORGE W. KNAPP. l/Vitnesses:

n. I). PoUL'rNnY, Geo. Vi. KNAPP, Jr. 

